Razor blade holder

ABSTRACT

A razor blade holder has been provided formed of two opposing holder parts having inner faces adapted to be brought in flush engagement with one another and having at their ends cooperating line edges for the gripping of the razor blade, the holder parts being connected together adjacent the forward ends by a screw serving as fulcrum when a screw extending between the parts rearwardly of the first screw is threaded with one of the parts to spread the rear ends of the holder parts and cause a line contact gripping engagement with the razor blade when it is to be used in knife blade or scraper fashion. On the rear end of the holder blade parts is a key chain on which keys can be placed and a washer serving as a screw driver for the turning of the screws holding the forward ends of the parts together and serving to spread the holder parts. The forward ends of the inner faces of the parts are grooved to receive a drill-like tool.

United States Patent 51 Aug. 22, 1972 Gish [ 1 RAZOR BLADE HOLDER [72]Inventor: Irving Gish, 106-21 Ave. 1.,

Brooklyn, NY. 11236 [22] Filed: Aug. 25, 1970 [21 Appl. No.: 66,822

[52] US. Cl ..30/296, 30/332 [51] Int. Cl. ..B26b 11/00 [58] Field ofSearch ..30/320, 329, 332, 333, 293, 30/296 R, 296 A; 7/1 F [56]References Cited UNlTED STATES PATENTS 438,097 10/1890 Colton ..7/1 F809,690 l/l906 Hunt ..30/332 1,532,570 4/1925 Basmaison ..30/3291,590,031 6/1926 Imhof ..30/320 X 2,870,537 l/1959 Ortner ..30/320 X3,324,548 6/1967 Mascia ..30/329 X Primary Examiner-Theron E. CondonAssistant Examiner.1. C. Peters Attorney-Polachek, Saulsbury 8L HoughABSTRACT A razor blade holder has been provided formed of two opposingholder parts having inner faces adapted to be brought in flushengagement with one another and having at their ends cooperating lineedges for the gripping of the razor blade, the holder parts beingconnected together adjacent the forward ends by a screw serving asfulcrum when a screw extending between the parts rearwardly of the firstscrew is threaded with one of the parts to spread the rear ends of theholder parts and cause a line contact gripping engagement with the razorblade when it is to be used in knife blade or scraper fashion. On therear end of the holder blade parts is a key chain on which keys can beplaced and a washer serving as a screw driver for the turning of thescrews holding the forward ends of the parts together and serving tospread the holder parts. The forward ends of the inner faces of theparts are grooved to receive a drill-like tool.

3 Claims, 7 Drawing Figures PATENTED I97? 3.685.152

I\'\ NWO IRVING GISH RAZOR BLADE HOLDER This invention relates to razorblade holders.

It is a principal object of the present invention to provide a razorblade holder that will have an increased grip on the razor blade such ascan be provided by a levering action for engagement of the sides of therazor blade to more firmly hold the blade against release from theholder.

It is another object of the invention to provide a razor blade holderformed of two parts between the forward ends of which is provided atightening screw or the like to tentatively secure the blade to theholder parts and a second screw rearwardly thereof serving to spread theholder parts and pivot them about the forward screw to effect the finalgripping action upon the b ade.

For a better understanding of the invention, reference may be had to thefollowing detailed description, taken in connection to the accompanyingdrawing, in which:-

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the razor blade holder, having partsextended and a blade gripped between the extended parts in a knife bladefashion.

FIG. la is a fragmentary perspective view of the razor blade holder withthe parts closed in a flush manner with the blade located in placebetween the parts for storage.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the razor blade holder withthe blade in place and clamped between the holder parts.

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the spread holder partsgripping the blade and is viewed on line 3-3 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a rear end elevational view of the razor blade holder withillustration being made as to the manner in which a washer on a chain isused to turn the retaining screws.

FIG. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of the blade attaching end ofthe device modified to show a groove provided in the part for retaininga round drill-like tool element.

FIG. 6 is a fragmentary forward end view of the parts of FIG. 5 securedtogether to grip the drill tool element.

Referring now particularly to FIGS. 1 to 4, 10 indicates generally therazor blade holder embodying the features of the present invention. Thisholder 10 comprises two separable parts 11 and 12, having flat innerfaces that can be joined together in a flush manner by a screw 13 thatpasses through a free hole 14 adjacent a forward end of the part II andinserted into a threaded opening 15 in the part 12 and tightened tobring the forward ends of the holder parts 11 and 12 together in themanner as shown in FIG. la, so as to hold a razor scraping blade 16 forstorage purposes. The forward ends of the holder parts 11 and 12 arerespectively tapered or beveled at 17 and 18 to reduce the end size ofthe parts and give the effect of a bladed knife when a razor blade 19 ofa cutting type, is disposed between the forward ends of the blades inorder to be gripped thereby so that its cutting edge 20 can be used aswith a blade of an ordinary knife and held with equal rigidity.

The scraper type of blade 16 has the usual folded over grip member 21and may be applied to the forward ends of the holder parts in order toprovide a scraper, the cutting edge of the blade 16 extendingtransversely of the holder parts rather than longitudinally with theblade 19 as shown in FIG. I.

The hole 14 in the holder part 11 is slightly oversized to provide forsome play in the hole when the screw 13 is tightly secured in thethreaded hole 15 of the part 12 as can best be seen in FIG. 3. Thismovement permits the holder parts 11 and 12 to be spread, as shown inFIGS. 1 and 3, so that inner edges 22 and 23 of the respective parts 11and 12 will grip tightly, as best shown in FIG. 3, the side edges of theblade 16 or 19. Thus, the screw 13 need not be extended fully homewithin the threaded opening 15 of the part 12 but tight enough to holdthe blade flush between the parts 11 and 12.

In order to effect a spreading of the holder parts 11 and 12, a screw 24inserted through a threaded hole 25 in the holder part 12 and somewhatrearwardly removed from the hole 15 in this same part. The screw 24 isthreaded through the hole 25 and is brought to register within anenlarged depression 26 in the inner face of the holder part 11. Upontightening the screw 24, the holder parts 11 and 12 will be spread onone another and the ends 22 and 23 will be levered about the screw 13onto the sides of the blade 16 or 19. In this manner the blade 16 or 19is tightly gripped and is retained so that it will not be released fromthe position in which it was gripped when in any use to which thecombined implement is put.

When the blade is to be retained for storage purposes, as shown in FIG.la, the screw 24 will be released and the screw 13 tightened allowingthe holder parts to come together in flush relationship with the sidesof the blade.

This razor blade holder can also be used with a key chain 27 that isextended through holes 28 and 29 in the respective rear ends of theblade holder parts 11 and 12 and is coupled together in the usual mannerby end fastener 31 engageable with a ball end 32 of the chain as viewedin FIG. 2. The key chain 27 may not only contain keys, but also a ringwasher 33, of such thickness that it can be used as a screwdriver to fitthe slot 34 in the screw 24 or the slot 36 in the forward screw 13 andserve to tighten or loosen the screw. A key also could be used for thispurpose, thereby eliminating the need to look for a regular screwdriver.

Referring now to FIGS. 5 and 6, parts 11 and [2 are shown provided ontheir inner faces with grooves 37 and 38 for receiving a round toolelement 39, which will be gripped similarly to the razor blade as theblade holder parts are spread by the rear screw 24. It will be seen thatthis razor blade holder is put to a further use to hold rigidly roundtool element 39 and without altering the use of the device for thesecurement of razor blade that is made by the forward edges.

It should now be apparent that there has been provided an effectiverazor blade holder in which the gripping action is effected upon therazor blade by the levering of the ends of the blade parts against theside faces of the blade. The forward screw 13 is first tightened uponthe part 12 to make a tight grip upon the blade and by the spreading ofthe parts with the screw 24 full locking action is effected upon theblade at the opposing part edges 22 and 23. It should be apparent thatthe blade will now be retained in a very tight manner than by the mereclamping of holder parts to the sides of the blade in the usual fashionas is done with instruments of this type.

What is claimed is:

l. A razor blade holder comprising elongated separable holder parts, oneof said parts having a threaded hole adjacent to the forward end of thepart and the other part having a free and slightly oversized holeadapted to be aligned with the threaded hole, a fastening screw securedthrough the free hole of the other part and threaded into the threadedhole of the one part to effect a gripping action upon the sides of arazor blade disposed therebetween, in which said one part defines afemale-threaded through-passage, further including a rear-spreadingscrew mountable within said threaded through-passage, the other holderpart having a depression in its inner face for receiving the end of therear spreading screw, and the rear ends of said holder part having holesextending therethrough, a key chain extending through the holes andjoined together, a screw driver like member carried on the chain andsaid chain being sufficiently long to permit the engagement of the screwdriver like member with either of the screws to adjust the same.

2. A razor blade holder as defined in claim I, and said holder bladeparts having inner faces adapted to lie normally flush with one anotherand forward edges adapted to have line and opposing engagements withsides of the razor blades.

3. A razor blade holder as defined in claim 1, and said holder partshaving inner faces adapted for flush engagement with one another and theforward ends of said faces being grooved to receive drill-like toolelements, the forward end of each of said grooves running across withthe end gn'pping edge of the blade part.

1. A razor blade holder comprising elongated separable holder parts, oneof said parts having a threaded hole adjacent to the forward end of thepart and the other part having a free and slightly oversized holeadapted to be aligned with the threaded hole, a fastening screw securedthrough the free hole of the other part and threaded into the threadedhole of the one part to effect a gripping action upon the sides of arazor blade disposed therebetween, in which said one part defines afemale-threaded through-passage, further including a rear-spreadingscrew mountable within said threaded through-passage, the other holderpart having a depression in its inner face for receiving the end of therear spreading screw, and the rear ends of said holder part having holesextending therethrough, a key chain extending through the holes andjoined together, a screw driver like member carried on the chain andsaid chain being sufficiently long to permit the engagement of the screwdriver like member with either of the screws to adjust the same.
 2. Arazor blade holder as defined in claim 1, and said holder blade partshaving inner faces adapted to lie normally flush with one another andforward edges adapted to have line and opposing engagements with sidesof the razor blades.
 3. A razor blade holder as defined in claim 1, andsaid holder parts having inner faces adapted for flush engagement withone another and the forward ends of said faces being grooved to receivedrill-like tool elements, the forward end of each of said groovesrunning across with the end gripping edge of the blade part.